New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-13
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
Jury BRIBING REAL ESTATE - Personal
AND SOCIAL.
Hex TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIprwE.I


SAN FRAXCIsCn. Nov. I2-ThcSc are cold days
for jury fXors in San Francisco. For more than
ten years corrupt gang with large Ioitical
influence has absolutely ruled the majority OF
the courts in this city. The Judges were their
creatures and juriCs were bribcd to return any
verdict which was required. It, is notorious tiiat
in the trial of young Kaloch for the shoouhg
of Charles De Young. the jury as well as many
witnesses were hrihcd. One of the pcrJurcd VIII
sent to san Quentin Tor fourteen
years, but the others cscapcd. II is also we'll
known that the jury which acquitted AdOpl
Sprcck 'es of the cowardy attempt To ass'sslnatc
NJ II. DE Young. the present Editor ana proprietor
of THE Chronicle" fixed" by one OF the
men who was recently tried for jnry-briblhS'
These are merely specimen in which tins
gang showed its hand. They were protected from
prosecution by the powerful political influence OF
the blind Democratic Boss" Buckley. 1he present
Grand Jury has been active in a search 1or cases
% of ury bribery and il seems, has been rewarded
ty the discovery of an effort to corrupt iurymcn
which il proved. will lead to wholesale indict-
ncnts c. f. Kinard, Republican, makes an
affidavit that two years ago in the White mining
suit. he was a preached by Clerk f. w. OConnor
and offered 5000 if he would vote a iuryman
for the defendants in the suit OCOnnor told
him they would have nine men to vote for the
defendants lie agreed, but when it came TO
the trial he grew alarmed and excused from
serving. The jury disagreed, the nine voting
as OConnor said This was the third trial Of the
suit brought by White to recover damages for
mismanagemcnt of his mine by Annis Merrill.
George c. llickoX and others. On the first trial
he was awarded damages of $4,000. but in
each subsequent trial the jury disagreed O'Connor.
now under sheriff. declares that the charge
Is false. but the Grand Jury is now investigating
il and indictments are expected.
That there has been much crooked work in
the smuggling cases is we'll known. but it created
q sensation IN the Federal Court when cNCommis-
siOner O'Bene testified that ne had once accepted
bride OF $1,000 to dismiss a suit for smuggling
AGAINST James Haslxins. This confession was made
on Iasllins's trial for bribery.
One Of the curious features OF the recent
arrival Of the French war vessel Duquesne is
that she entered the harbor in a heavy fog,
without pilot. and her presence was not de-
tccted till she off Alcatraz Island. This is
the best demonstration that could he given of
the unprotected condition of san Francisco harbor.
The California Central Land Exchange. started
Turing the boom in real estate. has collapsed,
through the flight of its manager L. Elliott
Clarke. Clarke induced many people to buy shares
in his company promising TO ay heavy profits
out OF speculation IN ldiu. Nhcn he ndu SOFA
stock for 100000 that not worth the paper
il was printed on. he departed suddenly, leaving
many mourning creditors.
Real estate auctioneers doing lively bust
ness cutting UP blocks on the east side of the
Golden Cate Park One block this week bounded
by st. Anyan, Grove, Sprade and Fulton sts.
brought - 800 The lots facing Jhe Park brought
500 per front foot
The imports for October show an increase of
S1.250.0OO over those for Seutcmbcr. This IN
crease is mainly due 10 tl-r imports OF steel
rails and cement from ENGLAND liut there is
also a heavy advance i'll imports from China
and Japan.
The shipments Of California fruits TO the East
by rail last OctOicr were over 2i.CO0.OOO pounds.
This is double the amount shipped in October
last year.
One thousand shares of Bank of California
stock have teen sold within few days in lots
at $50. This 81 elk commands the highest price
here of any bank stock in the city. 10 per cent
dividends are paid on the capital stock.
Methodist preacher. one Jewell tried this
week to get his denomination to protest against
the endowment of Stamford University with the
money derived from the SAFE of Wine Both the
Methodist and COngrcgat iOnal Clubs OF tins city
promptly voted resolution conforming this OBJ
lection and leading preachers condemned Jewell
senator and Mrs stanford gave a dinner party
on Tuesday night in honor of Ju>tammi kulli,
Minister Pcniro'cntiarv from Japan, and the
officers of the man-O f-war 1su kuli.